Christmas Gifts in Tiny Jam Jars

ditsykitchen

My dad just gave me a bag of tiny jam jars (empty) - the kind you get in hotels. I want to make something to go in them as part of people's christmas gift hampers but if I make jam it'll be a more generous portion than that! Any other ideas for them?

Callie22

Tiny snowglobes? Or more practically, herb salt, a spice mix or a flavoured sugar?

b_girl

Lipbalm or a tiny scented candle?

maman

ditsykitchen wrote: »

My dad just gave me a bag of tiny jam jars (empty) - the kind you get in hotels. I want to make something to go in them as part of people's christmas gift hampers but if I make jam it'll be a more generous portion than that! Any other ideas for them?

Obviously you know your friends/family best but I'd be delighted to have HM jam or marmalade as a gift in tiny jars. I don't eat either regularly enough to warrant opening a big jar without worrying it would go off/be wasted. I think most people who try to eat healthily wouldn't want jam/marmalade daily and so would think of it as a treat and tiny jars would be perfect for that.

MoaningMyrtle

Earrings? Bracelets? Handmade.

Sweet chilli jelly.

cutestkids

depending how many you have it might be nice to do a little hamper selection, I was given a gift last year that came in a little wicker basket and it had the tiny little jars, one had jam one had sweet onion chutney and one had a tomato chutney, also in the hamper were some oatcakes and one of the small waxed cheeses, (I think most supermarkets do them near to christmas for about £1}.

It was a lovely gift and i really appreciated it because it was all tiny sizes it was all mine and i really enjoyed trying all the little pots.

Josslette

You could make homemade nutella? A tiny portion of that would be sensible :P Would be nice for children too.

I think the lipbalm idea is really cool as well. I think you could make a really simple tinted one by cutting up a bit of a pretty lipstick(MUA do some nice colours for £1) and melt it, then mix it in to Vaseline and pour in to little jars. Voila tinted lip balm.
I'm sure there's some more interesting recipes with more natural/nourishing ingredients online.

Or you could print out some nice recipe cards(things that you already make and like) and then make up little spice kits using the little jars. A jar of cumin seeds, a jar of mustard seeds, a jar of smoked paprika etc. Would be a nice introduction to spices/cooking from scratch for someone who doesn't cook/isn't adventurous. Saves them buying all of the spices themselves.

Josslette

You could also fill them with tiny sweets like millions, and then decorate them in a festive manner and pop them on your Christmas dinner table as a little table present.

Or maybe put a single luxury or homemade truffle in them to put on the table.

You could also tailor them to peoples likes/personalities. E.g. a champagne truffle in a little jar and the jar lid could be encrusted with gold or silver glitter and maybe topped with a little plastic 'diamond' or something.

daftmummy

For younger people
Could you do them individual "snow man soup" I can't post a link, but it is around on the Christmas forum. Its hot chocolate powder with the poem and in other jar a few small marshmallows. Or do reindeer food? some porridge oats and eatable glitter ( kind used for cupcakes ) for father Christmas and reindeer's to find there way if you write child's name on ground outside. Hope it helps.

I also like the idea of little chutneys, my friend saves small jar's for her elderly nan, as she eats like a sparrow, and is put off with large jars but loves the little ones with jam/curds.
Good luck and hope it helps

cheeswright

what about seeds
you could put a fresh salad
or
a winter stew
or
a Mediterranean moment

or
winter sunshine..or ...allsorts of assortments of seeds in a jar

you would need to mix it with a little vermiculite if they were small seeds - as it would cost you a fortune
and be difficult to sow

but bigger seeds - beans , sunflowers - could easily and cheaply fill the jar